iPhone Wi-Fi Crushed by Weird Network

FUD is spreading about a weirdly named personal network that a reverse engineer stumbled across and which he said “permanently” wrecked his iPhone’s Wi-Fi. TL;DR version: The twitching inflicted on his iPhone, which he demonstrated in the 4-second Tweet below, wasn’t permanent. As replies to the...

Two Zoom Zero-Day Flaws Uncovered

UPDATE Two zero-day flaws have been uncovered in Zoom’s macOS client version, according to researchers. The web conferencing platform vulnerabilities could give local, unprivileged attackers root privileges, and allow them to access victims’ microphone and camera. As of Thursday, the two...

Magecart Cyberattack Targets NutriBullet Website

A faction under the Magecart umbrella, Magecart Group 8, targeted the website of the blender manufacturer, NutriBullet, in an attempt to steal the payment-card data of its online customers. Yonathan Klijnsma, threat researcher with RiskIQ, said in a Wednesday post that a JavaScript web skimmer co...

Google Patches Chrome Browser Zero-Day Bug, Under Attack

Google said Monday it has patched a Chrome web browser zero-day bug being actively exploited in the wild. The flaw affects versions of Chrome running on the Windows, macOS and Linux platforms. The zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-6418, is a type of confusion bug and has a severity rati...

Cisco Patches Two High-Severity Bugs in its Small Business Switch Lineup

Cisco Systems released security patches on Wednesday for high-severity vulnerabilities affecting over a half dozen of its small business switches. The flaws allow remote unauthenticated adversaries to access sensitive information and level denial-of-service DoS attacks against affected gear...

DoorDash Data Breach Impacts Personal Data of Almost 5M Users

Food delivery service DoorDash disclosed a data breach that affects almost 5 million customers, drivers and merchants using its platform. DoorDash, an on-demand food delivery service, connects end users with local restaurants and relies on contracted drivers who use their own vehicles for deliver...

Dtrack RAT is Behind Virulent ATM-Espionage Campaign

An espionage malware called Dtrack – and a related variant, ATMDtrack – has been traced back to the notorious North Korea-linked Lazarus Group APT. Both have been identified this month targeting victims in India. According to researcher Konstantin Zykov of Kaspersky, researchers first uncovered...

CISO/CIO: Get an iPad and Apple Watch with an App Monitoring your Security 24/7

If you are a CISO or CIO, you need to know what is going on with your organizational security. Together with that, you cannot afford to be inundated with alerts, messages and other data whenever something happens. On the one hand, you need to be in the know, because cyberattacks can occur at any...

Amazon Alexa, Google Home Are On a Collision Course With Regulation

Voice assistants are growing rapidly in popularity — but at the same time, the privacy concerns and security issues with popular home assistant devices like Amazon Echo and Google Home are peaking too. Earlier in July, Amazon came under fire after acknowledging that it retains the voice recording...

Bug in Anesthesia Respirators Allows Cyber-Tampering

A vulnerability in GE Healthcare’s Aestiva and Aespire anesthesia devices would allow an unauthenticated cybercriminal on the same network as the device to modify gas composition parameters within the devices’ respirator function, thus changing sensor readings for gas density. According to GE...

New Linux Malware ‘HiddenWasp’ Borrows from Mirai, Azazel

A new strain of malware targeting Linux systems has been identified by researchers. The malware, dubbed HiddenWasp, is believed to be used as part of a second-stage attack against already-compromised systems and is composed of a rootkit, trojan and deployment script. “The ratio of Linux threats h...

SAS 2019: Genesis Marketplace Peddles 60K Stolen Digital Identities

SINGAPORE – A newly-discovered underground marketplace, dubbed Genesis, is peddling tens of thousands of stolen digital “masks” — i.e., identities — which equip cybercriminals with the tools they need to get away with online fraud. Researchers at Kaspersky Lab’s Security Analyst Summit 2019, whic...

Years-Long Phishing Campaign Targets Saudi Gov Agencies

An ongoing three-year-old phishing campaign has been targeting the credentials of Saudi Arabian government agencies — with a financially motivated actor the likely culprit. The campaign, code-named “Bad Tidings,” has siphoned victims’ credentials by pretending to be the Kingdom’s Ministry of...

Intel Windows 10 Graphics Drivers Riddled With Flaws

Intel has patched 19 vulnerabilities across its popular graphics drivers for Windows 10, including two high-severity flaws. CVE-2018-12216 and CVE-2018-12214 could both allow a privileged user to execute arbitrary code via local access, according to an Intel advisory. “Multiple potential security...

ThreatList: Banking Trojans Are Still The Top Big Bad for Email

While APT activity and a raft of malware types continue to capture the notice of researchers and journalists, it turns out that trusty old banking trojans remain the top email-borne threat out there. According to Proofpoint’s latest quarterly report, analyzing trends for the fourth quarter of 201...

Microsoft Unveils New Windows Defender Offline Tool

Microsoft has released a beta version of a new tool that can help victims of malware attacks recover from ugly infections, even if they don’t have the ability to reach the Internet. The Windows Defender Offline tool enables users to clean their systems of malware from a CD or other removable medi...

InkySquid State Actor Exploiting Known IE Bugs

The InkySquid advanced persistent threat APT group, which researchers have linked to the North Korean government, was caught launching watering hole attacks against a South Korean newspaper using known Internet Explorer vulnerabilities. New analysis from Volexity reported its team of researchers...

Attackers Breach Microsoft Customer Service Accounts

The same group behind the SolarWinds supply-chain attacks has been targeting Microsoft’s corporate networks to gain access to specific organizations — primarily, U.S.-based IT and government organizations. Microsoft officially announced the attacks after Reuters obtained an email sent to customer...

Zoom Zero-Day Allows RCE, Patch on the Way

UPDATE A newly discovered bug in the Zoom Client for Windows could allow remote code-execution, according to researchers at 0patch, which disclosed the existence of the flaw on Thursday after pioneering a proof-of-concept exploit for it. The issue was confirmed for Threatpost by a Zoom...

Google Yanks 106 ‘Malicious’ Chrome Extensions

Google removed 106 Chrome browser extensions Thursday from its Chrome Web Store in response to a report that they were being used to siphon sensitive user data. In the research, also published Thursday, Awake Security alleged millions of Chrome users have been targeted by threat actors. The...

Wormable, Unpatched Microsoft Bug Threatens Corporate LANs

UPDATE Microsoft released an emergency out-of-band patch to fix a SMBv3 wormable bug on Thursday that leaked earlier this week. The a patch for the vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-0796, is now rolling out to Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019 systems worldwide, according to Microsoft. On...

Encrypted Emails on macOS Found Stored in Unprotected Way

A database on Apple’s macOS computers is storing emails that are supposed to be protected with encryption as readable files, a problem of which the company has been aware for months and still has yet to solve, according to a researcher. Apple IT specialist Bob Gendler discovered the problem while...

Understanding the Ripple Effect: Large Enterprise Data Breaches Threaten Everyone

Big businesses are constantly under attack, and that affects everyone from customers and business partners to parties with national security interests. When successful, the initial compromise is only a means to an end — the real goal is to mount follow-on attacks like spearphishing, extortion...

Major Airport Malware Attack Shines a Light on OT Security

A cryptomining infection managed to spread to half of all workstations at a major international airport in Europe – shining a spotlight on security for operational tech and IT convergence. Researchers at Cyberbit found the XMRig Monero mining malware, which was a known strain called “Playerz,” bu...

Insider Threats Are Rising – But They Shouldn’t Be

There’s never been a shortage of risk that organizations face from insiders gone bad — those incidents where insiders steal information from their employers, clients, partners and government agencies. Many times, malicious insiders seek monetary gain. They’ll steal information such as account...

Google Stored G Suite Passwords in Plaintext Since 2005

Google stored G Suite passwords in plaintext for almost 15 years, the cloud giant acknowledged on Tuesday evening. G Suite, Google’s brand of cloud computing, productivity and collaboration tools, software and products, has more than 5 million users as of February. Google said that it recently...

Remote Desktop Protocol Clients Rife with Remote Code-Execution Flaws

UPDATE LAS VEGAS — Multiple critical vulnerabilities in the commonly used Remote Desktop Protocol RDP would allow a malicious actor to achieve remote code-execution over a client’s computer. According to Check Point research released Tuesday at the CPX360 event in Las Vegas, both open-source and...

"Collection #1" Data Dump Hacker Identified

UPDATE Researchers say they have identified the threat actor behind the massive “Collection 1” data dump which exposed hundreds of millions of credentials on a hacking forum in January. Recorded Future researchers said this weekend that an individual using the monikor “C0rpz” has claimed as early...

Microsoft Patches .NET Zero Day Vulnerability in September Update

An actively exploited zero-day vulnerability tied to Microsoft’s .NET framework is one of 25 critical and 54 important vulnerabilities fixed by Microsoft in its September Patch Tuesday security bulletin. According to Microsoft, the .NET framework vulnerability CVE-2017-8759 allows attackers to...

Critical MySQL Vulnerabilities Can Lead to Server Compromise

Critical vulnerabilities in MySQL and vendor deployments by database servers MariaDB and PerconaDB have been identified that can lead to arbitrary code execution, root privilege escalation and server compromise. Dawid Golunski of Legal Hackers published details around two proof-of-concept exploit...

Microsoft SHA-2 Advisory Causing 'Infinite Loop' Issues

Problems with a security update issued this week by Microsoft have surfaced on a number of technology forums. Windows users say Microsoft Security Advisory 303929, which adds SHA-2 code-signing and verification support for Windows 7 client machines and Windows Server 2008 R2 boxes, is causing...

Remote Code Execution in Popular Hikvision Surveillance DVR

A number Hikvision digital video recorders contain vulnerabilities that an attacker could remotely exploit in order to gain full control of those devices. According to a report written by the security firm Rapid7, Hikvision’s DVRs contain three fairly typical buffer overflows in the request...

Attacks on SCADA, ICS Honeypots Modified Critical Operations

With antiquated gear running the country’s industrial control systems that oversee critical infrastructure, it’s no shock attackers targeting SCADA networks do their fair share of reconnaissance looking for weak spots in that equipment. A researcher decided to put that theory to a practical test...

Black Hole Exploit Kit 2.0 Released

The developer behind the notorious Black Hole exploit kit has released a new version of the software, adding in several new features designed to prevent security researchers from getting access to new exploits or reverse-engineering the kit’s inner workings. Conveniently, the pricing for Black Ho...

Microsoft to Fix 28 Vulnerabilities in June Patch Tuesday

Microsoft has been busy of late, what with the scramble surrounding the Flame malware and the forged certificate that the attackers were able to use to spread the malware via a fake Windows Update service. Now, the company is planning to release seven bulletins next Tuesday covering 28...

Microsoft Names Chinese Firm Hangzhou DPTech as Source of RDP Code Leak

Two months after exploit code the Microsoft RDP MS12-020 vulnerability made its way into the open before the company released a patch, Microsoft has put the blame for the leak on a Chinese security company, Hangzhou DPTech Technologies. Microsoft said Thursday that it has removed the company from...

‘Elephant Beetle’ Lurks for Months in Networks

Researchers have identified a threat group that’s been quietly siphoning off millions of dollars from financial- and commerce-sector companies, spending months patiently studying their targets’ financial systems and slipping in fraudulent transactions amongst regular activity. The Sygnia Incident...

Raft of Exim Security Holes Allow Linux Mail Server Takeovers

A veritable cornucopia of security vulnerabilities in the Exim mail server have been uncovered, some of which could be chained together for unauthenticated remote code execution RCE, gaining root privileges and worm-style lateral movement, according to researchers. The Qualys Research Team has...

Unencrypted Mobile Traffic on Tor Network Leaks PII

Unencrypted, sensitive and confidential user data originating from millions of mobile devices is carried on the Tor network every day. Now researchers say they have devised away to scoop up that data and create personal profiles for specific mobile users, that include GPS coordinates, web...

Former AWS Engineer Arrested as Capital One Admits Massive Data Breach

A massive breach of Capital One customer data has hit more than 100 million people in the U.S. and 6 million in Canada. Thanks to a cloud misconfiguration, a hacker was able to access to credit applications, Social Security numbers and bank account numbers in one of the biggest data breaches to...

Bluetooth Flaws Could Allow Global Tracking of Apple, Windows 10 Devices

Vulnerabilities in the way Bluetooth Low Energy is implemented on devices by manufacturers can open the door to global device tracking for the Windows 10, iOS and macOS devices that incorporate it, according to research from Boston University. An academic team at BU uncovered the flaws, which exi...

WordPress Sites Worldwide Hit with 'Call-Girl' Search-Engine Pollution

A web spam campaign that targets Koreans is creating problems for site administrators all around the world. Hackers are compromising vulnerable Korean-language WordPress websites, but are also polluting search engine results for non-hacked sites globally. Researchers at Sucuri initially uncovered...

Oracle Squashes 53 Critical Bugs in April Security Update

Oracle is urging customers to patch critical vulnerabilities in its products as part of its massive April update, which fixes a whopping 297 flaws. Of those flaws, 53 vulnerabilities in Oracle products had a CVSS score of 9.0 or higher, making them “critical” severity – and in fact, 49 of those...

Authentication Bypass Bug Hits Top Enterprise VPNs

UPDATE VPN apps built by four vendors — Cisco, F5 Networks, Palo Alto Networks and Pulse Secure — improperly store authentication tokens and session cookies without encryption on a user’s computer, according to an alert from the U.S. government’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency...

Researcher Says 5 Million Machines Exposing RDP Service Online

With exploit code for the MS12-020 RDP vulnerability available in various places, the question now becomes, if a worm or large-scale attack appears, how big is the target base? As it turns out, it’s pretty big. As in, five million machines big. Dan Kaminsky, a network security researcher, last we...

Microsoft spars with researcher over security patch

One of the patches released by Microsoft last week is not providing protection against the vulnerability it was meant to fix, according to a researcher who today accused Microsoft of making functionality a higher priority than security. According to Tyler Reguly, a senior security engineer at...

Ransomware Attacks are on the Rise

After a recent dip, ransomware attacks are back on the rise. According to data released by NCC Group, the resurgence is being led by old ransomware-as-a-service RaaS groups. With data gathered by “actively monitoring the leak sites used by each ransomware group and scraping victim details as they...

CISA Urges Patch of Exploited Windows 11 Bug by Aug. 2

A Windows 11 vulnerability, part of Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday roundup of fixes, is being exploited in the wild, prompting the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA to advise patching of the elevation of privileges flaw by August 2. The recommendation is directed at federal...

SAP Kicks Log4Shell Vulnerability Out of 20 Apps

SAP has identified 32 apps that are affected by CVE-2021-44228 – the critical vulnerability in the Apache Log4j Java-based logging library that’s been under active attack since last week. As of yesterday, Patch Tuesday, the German software maker reported that it’s already patched 20 of those apps...

Microsoft Signed Malware That Spreads Through Gaming

Microsoft signed a driver being distributed within gaming environments that turned out to be a malicious network filter rootkit. G DATA malware analyst Karsten Hahn first noticed the rootkit, publicly posting the find on June 17 and simultaneously reaching out to Microsoft. Hahn noted that the co...